Neola

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Neola by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Neola.

Its American peak was 40 babies in 1918, making it a 1910s name.

What we can tell you about Neola

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Neola. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Nellabeautiful; a form of Nell or Nella45 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Neelablue48 in the US (2017)
  • Nelabright light; a diminutive form of Helen45 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Neilachampion; a form of Niamh32 in the US (2017)
  • Nealaa form of Niamh; bright, radiant19 in the US (2017)
  • Neomanew moon or new arrival9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Neola

Names that are said the same way as Neola, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Neliahorn of plenty; a form of Cornelia5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Neiliachampion; a form of Neil5 in the US (2017)
  • Neliah5 in the US (2017)
  • Nelya5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Neola

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